Webinar: Sleep as Preventive Medicine for Healthy Aging, by Garvi Pandya

Why is Sleep Important?

Sleep is a cornerstone of overall health and well-being, playing a critical role in both physical and mental functioning. Adequate sleep not only supports cognitive processes and logical, appropriate daytime behavior but also underpins a host of vital physiological functions.

Research highlights that good sleep in middle age serves as a powerful form of preventive medicine, promoting healthy aging and reducing the risk of chronic illnesses. This talk will provide a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the architecture of sleep, its multifaceted functions, and the far-reaching consequences of poor sleep. Attendees will gain insights into how sleep impacts health and how it can be optimized within the framework of lifestyle medicine.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Garvi Jagdishchandra Pandya is a specialist in advanced internal medicine with extensive expertise in acute and general medicine, chronic disease management, and holistic care for adult and elderly patients. She holds additional qualifications in sleep medicine and has been managing an independent sleep clinic since 2017, where she specializes in diagnosing and treating various sleep disorders. Her work includes conducting and analyzing sleep studies, ensuring precise and comprehensive patient care.

Dr. Pandya is also an accomplished educator, serving as an Assistant Professor at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, where she has been recognized with multiple teaching awards, including the Outstanding Tutor Award in 2019 and the Good Interactive and Didactic Teacher Award in 2022.

In addition to her clinical and academic contributions, Dr. Pandya has served as a Patient Safety Officer for five years, earning recognition for her impactful right-siting project. She is currently the Secretary of the Singapore Sleep Society, where she plays an instrumental role in administrative leadership and advancing the field of sleep medicine.